If you want a crazierfuckingvideo, look what happened when the coppers came across some Muslims in the middle of prayer, including some of the protest organisers in yellow.
Edit: see it at https://aussie.zone/post/29490599
Unfortunately reddit is the only source I can find right now: https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/1r00oj1/nsw_police_assaulted_muslims_praying_peacefully/
In this context, where the Australia is literally a imperial colony of the largest empire in the history of the world
It’s a mixed situation after Federation. Historically, Australia (the state) was founded as a British colony, and we legally are still part of the Commonwealth under their king, and also the US has significant influence over Australia, but we’ve seen Australia has demonstrated its own capacity for imperialism in the region.
This doesn’t negate your point at all, it’s just something which is often forgotten.
I suggest people interested in this read the existing aussie.zone discussions on this bill as well.
I’ve already seen some misconceptions being thrown out by title-skimming knee-jerking international readers, so one thing to emphasise is that this recent (proposed) bill adds nationality to the list of protected categories (which already included race, religion and ethnicity). For various reasons, it’s reasonable to assume parts of this bill were written with criticism of the ongoing Zionist Regime in mind.
In Australia? The White Rose Society is the main public face of antifascist research, they had this page:
https://thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com/do-you-know-these-nazis
They help. But they aren’t enough. Community organising is essential to complement them where the law can’t reach.
Yep, most likely as ununiformed “active clubs” similarly to how they started. It’s the dominant neo-Nazi strategy internationally.
I’m not sure if it shows up on all Lemmy apps, so also check the aussie.zone/c/australia crosspost for more info.
Also, reminder that the government’s Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism did fuck-all to combat these scum, even after they made openly antisemitic speeches in a (police approved) flash mob outside of Sydney state parliament, instead they’ve targeted the pro-Palestine protests.
Sufficient government action has been many years overdue, but better this than more waiting. Next step is to crush their “active clubs”, because everyone knows they’re not going to simply disappear.
We will see how this impacts the upcoming Invasion Day marches more interesting, as the March for Australia counterprotest has already had members of the NSN show up as organisers, marshals and plain clothes stooges in the audience.
A friend sent me a casual lecture/talk a few years ago, and I remember that in one section the speaker talks about getting lens surgery and discovering they unknowingly had a similar-sounding condition, which the lenses had fixed.
It’s strange to treat oligarchy and the trend of capital towards consolidation (monopolisation) as if they’re distinct from capitalism and not mechanically promoted by captialism itself.
To do what Adam Smith demands, putting a leach on capital under capitalism, is a contradiction that is difficult or impossible to maintain, as we’ve seen. When a company has enough money to punch above the rest, they have the power to buy stakes in mass media news and other propaganda, they can bribe politicians or use their power to promote and empower the ones they can bribe, and they can do the same with institutional anti-corruption systems like lawmakers, judges, police. To inoculate a society against this power of the rich basically requires a departure from liberalism/capitalism itself, revoking the “freedom” of private capital owners to exclude others and abuse their position.
Get on my property!
This is important to emphasise. Older generations were, generally, in more of a bubble, it wasn’t easy to spread word with the same reach and authority as national mass media before the Internet.
Similar situation with other communication advances, like the telegraph, which allowed news of the world and the people around a country to learn and co-ordinate much better than before.
I know a few people in rural US who made the jump from a super right US Libertarian position in late-teens/early adulthood all the way over to Marxist positions. I’m not certain, but I suspect that the US Libertarian and Republican mindsets are often normalised there so people are raised with them by default, but a lot of the underlying ideas that validate the US Libertarian position, like individualism and “freedom”, work better as abstract ideas and tend to break down upon inspection. Most of the additional freedoms of the US don’t matter when people don’t have the money, health and other resources to make use of them. It just allows the rich and powerful to trample the rest.
Organised by neo-Nazis.
@ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone mentioned the episode was particularly important, so if you can’t find a copy (Australian VPN and iView throwaway account is ideal, maybe streaming services might have it?), I finally managed to find it and other episodes in lower quality for quick and easy access 🏴☠️🦜 Let me know if you want it.
Somewhat related: Australia’s state-funded ABC channel produced a Q&A documentary show called “You Can’t Ask That” with an episode for transgender people. It might be harder to watch outside of Australia but it’s worth the effort. The semi-related Drag episode was also fascinating. Disclaimer/CW: I haven’t watched the full episode in years and suspect there might have been transphobia in some questions.
Official 2 minute teaser question: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GSilokmn8zI
(A couple of other countries had localised spin-off versions of the show but I haven’t watched them.)
Same as what @catloaf said. Images are just inconvenient (and sometimes inaccessible) for the reader and lazy posting.
It’s kinda weird to sort of start rolling back to where some type of conservatism is actually a good thing.
For what it’s worth, politics is more complex than conservation and change. The status quo is what got us here, so we must to better than merely conserve.
Yes.
(On the bright side, comments like that show just how blatant and out of touch the cops are, to a point where even those with faith in the police are starting to see what happens on the ground and can no longer find excuses. Moments of escaping a media filter bubble is often an early step towards changing ones own political worldview. So, while this event was horrible, I’m optimistic that it’s thrown away the curtains and shown clear unprovoked state + police violence on display to those who wouldn’t have otherwise seen it)